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[CROWLEY, Aleister] The Book of the Law [technically called LIBER AL vel LEGIS - SUB FIGURA CCXX As Delivered By XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI]
[CROWLEY, Aleister] The Book of the Law [technically called LIBER AL vel LEGIS - SUB FIGURA CCXX As Delivered By XCIII = 418 to DCLXVI]
King’s Beach, CA: Thelema Publications, 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Square octavo. 63 pages. Bound in red boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Opposite title page is the O.T.O. lamen with facsimile of Baphomet signature next to the eleven-fold cross. Introduction in 5 parts followed by the three chapters of Liber AL, followed by the one-page Comment. Volume closes with the two page piece on the O.T.O. (extracted from The Equinox) and the chart of indications for the student. Gilt on front panel is a bit dull, gilt titles on spine are brighter, otherwise a near fine copy.
Classic printing of The Book of the Law from Helen Parsons Smith’s Thelema Publications. Helen married Jack Parsons in early 1935 and they were married for seven years. She became interested in the works of Crowley in 1939 and her and Parsons were initiated into the O.T.O. in 1941 by Wilfred Smith. Helen married Smith after her marriage with Parsons ended. All three were members of the Agape Lodge of the O.T.O.
This copy is from the collection of Thelemic author Robert C. Stein (1931 – 2024), who wrote "The Mystery of the Letters and The Tree of Life" and other works. Stein was a Professor Emeritus of Biology in the New York State University System, whose involvement in the study and practice of Thelema spanned three decades and travels in five continents.